Basel Dreispitz railway station

Basel Dreispitz
Canopy over stairs down to the platforms
The street-level entrance in 2009
General information
LocationBasel
Switzerland
Coordinates47°32′17″N 7°36′32″E / 47.53806°N 7.60889°E / 47.53806; 7.60889
Owned bySwiss Federal Railways
Line(s)Basel–Biel/Bienne line
Train operatorsSwiss Federal Railways
ConnectionsTrams: 10, 11
History
Opened24 May 2006 (2006-05-24)[1]
Services
Preceding station Basel trinational S-Bahn Following station
Münchenstein
towards Porrentruy
S3 Basel SBB
towards Olten
Location
Basel Dreispitz is located in Switzerland
Basel Dreispitz
Basel Dreispitz
Location within Switzerland

Basel Dreispitz railway station (German: Bahnhof Basel Dreispitz) is a railway station in the city of Basel, in the Swiss canton of Basel-Stadt. It is an intermediate stop on the Basel–Biel/Bienne line and is served by local trains only. The station was built in 2005 despite numerous objections from local residents and was opened in May 2006. In 2008 the station was awarded a Brunel Award by the Watford Group. It offers transfer possibilities on tram lines of Baselland Transport as well as bus lines of the same company and the Basler Verkehrs-Betriebe.

The suburban tram lines 10 and 11 of Baselland Transport stop on Münchensteinerstrasse, just west of the station building. South of Basel Dreispitz, the two lines leave the Basel tram network and move on to the 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in) Basel–Dornach and Basel–Aesch railway lines.[2]

  1. ^ Fleischer, Wolfgang (August 2010). "Chronik der Regio-S-Bahn Basel" (PDF). Swiss Federal Railways.
  2. ^ Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 62. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.